Issue # 54 _ June 2000

Browse the magazine

Cover

Pest also die through the mouth
Through knowledge of the digestion of insects, researchers create genetically modified plants that resist attacks by undesired species and reduce food production losses, without harming the environment By

S&T Policy

Human Genome

The beginning and the end of a long journey

Three specialists assess the importance of sequencing the human genome

Human Genome

It is time to reexamine moral and political principles

Civil society has been the winner in the tussle between private companies and governments

By

Human Genome

The human genome and the post-genomic era in Brazil

We have to see how the sequencing affects scientific planning in Brazil

By

Human Genome

Genetics and Genomics: 135 years of scientific research

What the future holds is broad horizons and dead-end alleys

By

STRUCTURAL GENOME

Deciphering living organisms

Fifteen laboratories will analyze the structure of the proteins of genes

ELECTRONIC LIBRARY

A collection of 841 scientific titles

Program makes magazines available to teachers, researchers and students

Science

ASTRONOMY

The enigma of the star Eta Carinae

Brazilian astronomer helps decipher the behavior of a supergiant star, which sometimes stops shining

Technology

plastic

Laboratory in the factory

Prumo serves 150 companies and shows good results after one year

FISH FARMING

Water color cools fish down

Project between Unesp and Fish-Braz makes breeding matrinxã viable

Packaging

Combating waste

New cardboard boxes cut down fruit and vegetable losses

Humanities

TELEVISION

Brazil shows its face on TV

Surveys show that soap operas help us understand the country

PLASTIC ARTS

Swapping influences

Survey profiles the 90s art and its roots